Photographers looking to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" should check to see if any of the applications they use have compatibility issues with the new OS. A good site that lists applications and compatibility is Snow Leopard Compatibility. In particular, photographers should note that Nikon doesn't recommend updating yet, and CaptureOne currently requires a workaround. Also, there were rumors that Adobe Creative Suite 3 (including Photoshop) wouldn't work on Snow Leopard, but those rumors have been debunked.

I had to order a new Macbook Pro last week (after the last one died) and I am hoping it comes with 10.5 as the OS (it said it did). Allowing me to upgrade after my Pacific Northwest trip - when everything has been debugged.

Photographers looking to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" should check to see if any of the applications they use have compatibility issues with the new OS. A good site that lists applications and compatibility is Snow Leopard Compatibility. In particular, photographers should note that Nikon doesn't recommend updating yet, and CaptureOne currently requires a workaround. Also, there were rumors that Adobe Creative Suite 3 (including Photoshop) wouldn't work on Snow Leopard, but those rumors have been debunked.

Thanks for the links. Usually I upgrade in steps, a non-critical partition on the laptop, then get used to it on the laptop, then I move the installs on. I think I have some non Universal Apps though I may need to hang onto that may not run in Snow Leopard (though I have not gone through all the specs on it yet I thought I came across that somewhere. Maybe just Rosessta being dropped?)

You'd think Apple would've worked to make it easier for developers to access preliminary builds so all these issues could be resolved before the public release. Looks like NTFS-write was taken out of the golden master, as well?

Could've used a few more weeks to polish...how long before a hotfix is issued?

Absolutely right. But I like to sacrifice for the greater good of computerdom since my sorrows will be tomorrow's lessons And the beta version didn't suck when it was clean installed.
I'm absolutely sick of Adobe treating everyone like a criminal. I don't pay $1k for software that holds me at ransom everytime I do something.
Hmm Firefox just crashed on me while writing this.
I have to say with SSD and 64bit, my computer "feels" like it got a processor upgrade... until you actually do some serious crunching.

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I bought my on 10:15 my friend went to the same reseller 30 minutes after me and they were out of stock already
I think they just ordered only about a dozen.
It was the same with Leo after a 3-4 weeks they had both single and home versions in stock.

If you use any of the OnOne plug ins, make sure to consult their website before upgrading -- essentially you deauthorize your computer, upgrade, then download their new installer/updater.

I inadvertently upgraded to Snow Leopard during Apple Store trouble shooting (long story, not really that funny either). Had read all the articles about CS4 and Lightroom not really having any issues but completely forgot about plug-ins. In addition to the OnOne issue, all the Kubota Image Tools now think they have been activated "on a different computer" since the Snow Leopard computer is "new" to them.